“With this next-generation air combat training system, F-35 fighter pilots can receive not only a dedicated training system to accurately capture exercise data but also have the capability to train with fourth-generation aircraft that carry wing-mounted pod version of the P5CTS.”

The training subsystems for the fighter aircraft fleet to be delivered in Lots 12 to 14 will add on to more than 500 low-rate initial production units that are expected to be delivered before the beginning of the Lot 12 production.

Cubic and its principal subcontractor Leonardo DRS will continue to manufacture and maintain the embedded P5 solution for the F-35 internal training subsystem.

The Airborne and Intelligence Systems business division of Leonardo DRS is responsible for the design and production of the airborne P5CTS internal subsystem.

Engineering work for the ground systems will be carried out in San Diego, California, while the airborne systems will be manufactured in the Fort Walton Beach, Florida, site in the US.